Breakfast Cereals
Breakfast Cereal Sector:
• Breakfast cereals, which have become an important energy source in the nutrition of people of all ages in recent years, are defined as processed cereal grains ready for consumption.
• Corn, rice, wheat, oats and barley are the main raw materials used in the production of breakfast cereal products.
Description of Breakfast Cereals:
• Breakfast cereals are grouped into two groups as ready-to-eat cereal products that are unpacked with conventional (hot) cereal products that need heating or cooking before consumption, or that can be consumed with the addition of milk.
- Traditional cereal products are sold on the market either in processed fresh form or as cooked grains that require the addition of hot water.
- Ready-to-eat cereal products are produced from granular products that can be cooked and modified by several methods (brittle, expansion or slicing). In addition, ready-to-eat cereal products include cereal blends such as granola.
Classification of Breakfast Cereals:
• The classification of breakfast cereals is made in relation to the amount of heat applied in their preparation. Here the measure;
- Cooking time required at home,
- The way the product eats,
- Varies according to the grain used as raw material.
• There are four types of breakfast cereals that need to be cooked:
- Whole grain (eg rice),
- In the form of crushing (such as pressed oatmeal),
- in the form of coarse corn flour (such as grits) and
- Finely ground (eg creamy wheat).
• Breakfast cereals, which do not require any cooking, are called Ready To Eat products and can be sold in many different forms.
• Pressed leaf grains from corn, wheat and rice,
• Rice and wheat cereals,
• Grains made of shredded wheat and
• Grain cereals mixed with whole grain products.
• The grains may be manufactured in granular form in cubed, extruded, small grains, grated or fluffy forms and with added sugar, honey or vitamins. Most ready-to-eat grains are also mixed with dried products such as raisins, plum apricots.
• A classification can also be made according to whether the cereals are ready to eat (corn flakes) or require a little cooking (cereal puree).
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